Sofa and bed.



No. 637,976.` Patented Nov. 28, |899. W. T. RDLPH.

SUFA AND BED.

Applicatinn led June 7, 1899.)

3 Sheets-Sheet 2 1Mo Model.)

N0. 637,976. Patented Nov. 28, |899. W. T. RLPH.

SOFA AND BED.

(Application Bled June 7, 1899.)

(No Model.) l 3 Sheets-Sheet 3.

'j and beds, andisan improvement on .that formi' olssofa-beddisolosed in Letters Patient of the' 1o l"rn'atieally move away from .the wall4 again Vt r.5 .e i. mevemenmnfprdtngand ftn'fqldms Fig 4 UNITED STATES' PATENT; OFFICE.

WILLIAM. T. RoLPH.; Aon MINNEAPOLIS, ivttNEsoTAL so'FAfAjNbfBED.

SPECIFICATION forming par@ of Letters Patent neevve. aef Nov'eib 'Spiai1i21,7,19,709, NQ marier.)

To'aZZ whom it may emmene,"

' Be it'known thatLWIL-'LIAM T; RQDPH, a', citizen of theUnited States'residingfat Mine" r neapolislllinnesota, have invented 1in pijove-I ments iin Sofas and Beds, of Awhich tlbelfol-qA :lowing is a specification.,V r

- My invention relates'to combination sofas- "The 'object [of Vmy present invention is to.

provide freans. whereby Wlien'rthe :arl-ange'.

ment isfshifted or converted from the'for`1n o f.

a'sofaintothat of a bed the parts'willauzto# v"beirgej' iised tohold these parts together.

whiohthe sofa-bed maybe looatedindgln: h. action of oonvertin 5.3;15he4 arrangem'etitfrp sofa into-a bed, the back, .which normal4 parallel to the 'face 'oiflth'ewaih'fm'nsnlgwina. backwardly. and downwardly 'to2 assume-fa.

horizontal [position Jin the `ssvitnegpiane. with thebottom -portion of' 'the sofa.' He r.etofore,.

so far asI'arn aware, ithas be'en'l necessary .tg draw thefwhole bed `by ina'i'n force outwardly' from-the wall in ordervtoallovy this --baok por-A tion to swing downwardly. By 41nyinv'en'tion the whole V-bed lmoves;'automatically' away' removed a'udffw-itllgthe"parts" inl position fr he" ptsyfand* regirlating their isa detail; vri

box or, reee'pta'ble'open at. thetop, the second.

part lorestingtliereon and formingfthe `frarne InY the aeeoin pan-.ying hdrawirigs, ,'Fignfre lis". a plan View oftheinvention. "Fig' 2 'is iai: View front oneendwith one of the endfr anesf-l 4.o

- ,nsefya's-a sofa' -3 a 4View ofa orosjsfs'ett- 'tio'nrwith 'the' parts-rin'. the position jass umed 't lines fthe. levr' "arrangement ,fori

or'bafs'e of the sofa',land the third section I5, which forms-thebackof the sofa when in up'- -right position andpa'r't of the bed-frame when in' a horizontaiposition... 'lhe first and second parte fand l.l0 areeonneeted together pivotallyby arms 20', seburjed to the base or box- ,-*bottom 5, said arms having lateralextgnsions 2l`atther1u'p'per ends, carrying 4the pivots 22, which extendthrough ears 22' on'plates 25, 'secured to theinner and nppemsides of the "end frames of` fthe-second part. l()f 'kArrns 1, connected with the bottonrseotion, extend upward 'gand-- at Va slight' inolination toward "the re'aratt'he outeriends of-theseeond part 10-and annee-t with' thepinets 22, a nut 23 The Lhird 'parten' baoksection' of 4the sofa is lpivot effd inthe same ears w'hiehoonneot the othertwo parts, it'baving .secured theretp 'pivot-ears?, `whi'eh tlbetwe'en the ears 22', to "reeeive'thefsa'me pivot-pin which' connects the fastweb. :releer-smentire, 2s; pivoued are?, as.

lOan'd 15 will beme'leased from each other and the upright .partm'ay be swimg down- Wardly'to'fornlthe-bed.'

'.part" or. bottom-Section5. and extending up these parallel links at'eaeli end of the bottom- Section. The lower 4pii-'otal-connection of these parallel links is made with a m etal strip 'b -of righ't-angillarfform, the horizontal vflangeoi-which is secured to the bottoxnoft the secotherltparte. The two -parts l0 and l5' are..v held rightfang;ular` relation toV form the s ofa.' bymean'sof. -eaten-levers 29, which are pivo-lfe at Sand are under pressu reV of springs-.j 4 sotllat their endsgwhich have'pins thereon,

lwill engage openings-itt curved extensionsof .plates whiohoar'ry the pivot-ears 2 of thev if: Y It, is.' my purposeto-'have lthe parts`5, 10, and 415;' move antomyatioally away frein 'the wall.. ,.:Forl'hispurpose l support thejbase 'or-bottom', .section.fln'pon-links a, these bei ng connected,

. L'hrefore,f`nearthel bottomedge of the- 'r's-t thererorn parallelwith eaeh other. andraoross` .r -theends of said section, there beiner 'a pairof 85 '-with.thelturnngfplate'47, connected bybars` y the end of a rod g, extending rearwardly and Y connect-ed by another block h with a link 'L'. This latter block receives the link and is 'pivotally connected to the rod -g and both.

blocks are provided Witheet-screws for adjustment. The link 'z'- is pivoted at its lower end tothe main stationary frame ot the4 bed, and at its upper e'nd it is pivoted to the sec# tion 15. `Suitable pivot-blocks maybe used,

as at 7c, between the links and the stationary' frame and betweenlthe link 71 and the part 15, and these may be of metal and secured in place by screwsi. This link-andlever arrangement is used at each end of the sofa-bed, and it lies between the ends of the parts 5, 10, and 15 and the ornamental stationary end frames A of the sofa-bed. By reason of this lever arrangement the bottom-section does not have to be pulled by main force away from the wall in converting from the sofa toa bed; but this bottomsection willinove easily by reason of beiugsupported on the parallel linksand its horizontal position will he maintained. This movement toward and from the wall takes place automatically as the parts are shifted [the wall,

to form the so'fa or to for-m a bed, and in 'ac-4 tion it will be only necessary to manipulate section 10 ot the sofa,.and then the combina.- tion of links and levers will cause the movement of parts to take place toward and from I do not wish to limit myself tothe precise form of bed having the bottom-section inthe form of a box, as [ny-invention may be carried outpin connection'with any horizontal section which is preferably combined with the backsection.

The main stationary frame consists of bottom sills k', connected by cross-sills Z and having end pieces mresting on the sills k', and to these latter end pieces the controlling links are secured, the parallel links c being `pivoted in 4clips n, let into the inner sides of termediate section 10, so.that'. this, together with theback-section 15, will turn on the pivots 22.

position, .while atv the saine- This causes the backsection td'asl. sume a-horizontal time it moves laterally fromtheijwall, and

, scribed.;

Athis action causes. the intermediate section to assume an upright position in respect to the back-section and the bottom-section. During thisaction the intermediate'section 10 and the section 15 maintain their right-angular relation, but as soon `as the parts have been thus positionetl and have moved laterally from the wall it isv only necessary to operate thecatch-releasing mechanism, so that the intermediate section 10 can -be lowered lfrom an upright vto a horizontal position over 'the box-section.

In converting from the form of a bed to that of a sofa the intermediate or base section 10 is rst raised until kthe lockingdmechanism is engaged to'hold' this section at right angles to the back-section,which is now in a horizontal position, and then .by simply pressing' ward movement will tilt it down through the suspended relation between the parts. It will thus be seen -that either .tilting the seat or moving the box o base horizontally out or in changes the 'sections 10V and 15 from their sofa-forming position to their bed-formiug position and frein-their bed-forming position .to their sofa-.forming position, and in sodoing the angle relation between the sections 10 and 15 is maintained, thus enabling the swinging or turning tov be made in advance of the plane of the back ofthe sofa, so as 'toA Adispense with the necessity 'of moving the sofa from the wall While eiecting the conversion from a sofa to a bed, orvice versa. I claim as my inventiont ilo 1. Iii-combination" ih a sofa-bed., twrosec'fv tions forming the base and `back'ofthe sofal respectively, pivotal `connections between them, means for-causing the parts to move laterally or toward and from the Wall as .the

seat is tilted from a horizontal to a vertical position or the reverse, and means for moving Jthe back with the tilting of the seat, substantially as described.

2. In combination in a sofa-hed, the two sections hinged together and forming thebase 4and back respectively, a bottom-section in the form of a lbox,'pivotal connections between the several sections whereby 'the backisection-- may be moved to and from a horizontal position and whereby the base-'section ofthe sofa may be raised or lowered in relation tothe box-.section and supporting means for the secf tions to cause them alll 'to move toward and from the wal-.l as the parts/are shifted fromi oneform to thepther, substantially as del 3, In. combination in a 4sofa-bed, the 'stationary frame a horizontal section, a backsection in pivotalconnection therewith, and

section to cause it to move toward and from the wall or laterally,and a connection between said 'controlling connection'and said supporting-links toshift said'horzontal secs tion, substantially as described... Y

5. In combination in a sofa-bed, the station, links-'for controlling the movement of the horizontal section, and v c'onnectinglbars between th'elinks ol"` the .back-section and the controlling-links'of the horizontalsection, substantially as-rdescribed.

6. In combination in a sofa-bed, ahorizon tal section Vand a back-section adapted to beraised and lowered in their xed relationto,

' each otherV and -t'o-assnme a horizontal posi-l tion in thesame planetoformjthe" bed, and

controlling` and supporting connectionsl to" permitthe parts to be bodily moved toward. and fromvthe wail or late-rally with the Sections maintained in their raisedangle relation andl reversely swung or turned i-n the sofa-space in.

1 changing the parts from a bed toaso'fa'form. or thereverse, substantially as describe'dQIV 7.vv In combinationv .in a s 'ofabed, th.estationary frame a` horizontal .section,' aback section adaptedjto be] raised'v and-lowered' l. parallel links forming asupportor'the'horizontal section, bars connectedrwith 'the ripper-f ends of the parallel links", links supporting 'the back-sections and rods Aconnecting thel said links with', theLcbnnectingb-air of" the parallel links,l substantially'. as described- 8. In" combination, a' station-ary .fram'cahorizontallymoving box-section,backfsection pivotally connected therewith, a'second sec-4 tion Divotally connected withfthe; other seca porting means fon the horizontal sectioncom-n prising parallel links. and links' cconnecting the.back-section,withV the stationaryfra'me, substantiallyrasdescribed.j i

I9. In Lcombination, a stafiona'rylframe'a-l horizontally-moving box-section, a'backQsec'- 6o tion pivotallyconnected therewitma: second section pivotally` connected with tl 1e'othe'- r section and arranged over the box-section,

supporting means for the horizontal section comprising parallel links and'links connect-v in'gthe' back-section withv the stationary trama said links 'bein g ,in conncction'with the parallel links, substantially as described,

tionary'frame a horizontal"section,"a backf section, pivotal connections between the sec? tions, li-nksin connection with the back-secl0. lIn combination'in asofa-bed, the main stationary frame, a horizontal section, a backsection pivotallyjconnected therewith, and 'supporting m'eansforthe horizontal section end connected with the section at their lower ond pair having their'lower ends .connected as described'. fi 9 11. In':combin'ation'ina soi'a-bed,V the main stationary frame, a horizontal section, a backs-upport'ingmeans forthe horizontal section .with -the 4upper endsfofthe rfirstpainsaid' sec'- ond. pa'ir .h 1ving their lower ehllsmconnented with the main stationary Vframe,'said second perpivotsof the rst pair-fof lin-kswith abar;

A described..

sect-ion10,"thfback-section 15,' .pivotal yiconn'ections between. the sections, supporting means comprising two pairs of links at each ofthe 'links at each end of the horizontal -sec. .tionsiand the rods connecting said barswith' tion', the seat-'section above the saine adapted the4 wall. For lscribed.'

1,4. ...In 'Ltion', thehaselfram'e, a section above the box- 'sec't'io'n lin 'pivotal connection therewith, and

1o. 'In'eombination, the main frame, a hori- .zontallymovingLsectiom and swinging links between the main frame and said section, saidlinks comprising twofpairs .at each end endspivotally connected'with the section and the otherpair having theirlowerendsfcon` fnected with the-"mainframeand' their upper.

tendsrp'ivoted to the 'upper-endsot' the'ir'st pair, substantially as described. A

horizontal position and .supporting means. for

` causing the sections-itc' move laterally toward comprising apai'r of parallel links vat eachV sectionpivotally 4connected therewith, and

12.V In'c'cmbination, theboxsection'rthe end' of the horizontal sectionsthlelinks con-f nectingthe back-section with the main frame, the; bar c'onnecting-therupper ends of 'one pair*` 4the" links of the backjsecti'on, subs'tantia-llyas f .,suppogtingmeansibetween the main station laigyframe andthe box and uppei` section com-- prising swinging links,'snbs tantia lly as de-f of the `section,one pair having their lower ends and a second pair of. links 'connecting with the upper-ends of the first pair, said sec-V withthe main stationary fratrie,' substantially comprisi'ng'a pairfofparallel links. atgeach. end connected with the'section at 4tl 1eir low.er ends and a secondi. pair ,of links. connectedv pair of links having extensions above-theupl" 9 connecting said extensions', snbstant-iallyas 13. In combination, the bottom or box sect m5 to be raised and lowered in relationv thereto; amovable supporting means for' thesections to .permit bothf-tbemoved toward and from laterally, substantially as `de- A "11o,l combination, the bottom or'box secizo . '16. i- In combinati-on in a .sofa-bed, a basesection, a `back-section, the Apivotal connections betv een them,v detachablemeans for holding'the sections in'right-angular relation or for permitting.both-sections to assume a Iso.

and from the wallwhen the'base-section` is raised in converting the arrangement from one .form to the other, substantially as described.

17. In combination in a sofa-beth a backsectiou, abasesection at lright angles thereto, pivot-supportsl for said sections, means for holding the sections at right angles to each other as they are moving on the pivots, linksupporting means for causing the sections to move toward and from the wall' or laterally as they move on their pivots and releasing means whereby the base-section may be lowered from tsupright position, substantially as described.

18. In combination in a sofa-bed, the hacksection, the base-section, pivotal connections between them, locking means for holding the sections 'in right-angular relation, said locking means when released permitting both sections to assume a horizontal position, a horizontal section and movable supporting means for the parts .to cause them to move toward and from the Wall orlaterally in shifting from one form tov the other, substantially as described. Y

19. Iri a sofa-bed, a longitudi[rally-divided bed-bottom having its two sections standing normally yat an angle to each other, means adapted to move the two sections bodily outward Vaway from the back of the sofa yand to turn or swing them in such movement and reverse their positions without changing their relative angle', and means bfor dropping lthe raised section when reversed and have both sections lie in the same horizontal plane, substantially as described.

20. In a sofa-bed, a longitudinally-divided bed-bottom having its two sections hinged together and standing normally at right angles toeach other, and means for pivotally mounting and suspending the two sections to per- ",i'themto. be moved bodily as one piece @Qtward on the suspension means Iand raised Tand swung or turned on the pivots in such each end of the. sections and means for suspending and swinging .the sections on the pivotal support, whereby the bottom as a whole can be turned in front of the verticalsplane of the sofa-back without changing the relative anglebetween the sect-ions, substantially as described.

22. In a sofa-bed, 'a divided bed-bottom having an inner and outerl section hinged together, means for holding the sections normally in right-angle relation to Yeach other, a

' the sections over the base toA move laterally and swing up and down on the pivots and reverse the relation of the sectionsv as tovertical and horizontal, substantially as described.

24. In a sofa-bed, adivided bed-bottom having an inner and outer section, means normally holding the sections at an langle to each other, a hinged connection between the two sections, a pivot at each end on which the sectionsare mounted, and a swin ging support carrying the sections for the travel of the sections forward and backward to reverse the relation of the two without changing the relative angle between them, substantially as der scribed. 1 l

25. Ina sofa-bed, an inner and an outersection hinged together, means normally holding the two sections at an angle relative to each other, forming theseat and back ofthe sofa when so held, and a pivotal supportfor the sections on which they caribe Yturned or tilted as awhole, said pivotal support having both a vertical and lateral movement for, raising andlowering the sections bodily and moving them from and toward the back of the sofa, substantially as described.

In witness whcrebf I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

y f lVILLIAM T. ROLPII. lVitncssesz- B. F. Bnoon's,

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